Aktiwiteitskorridors as model vir stedelike groei

Abstract:

Urban sprawl has resulted in fragmented development of metropolitan areas. Credible planning is essential to ensure an integrated metropolitan area and to ensure that the needs of all people are satisfied for the present, as well as ensuring a sustainable future. This can be done if a process is initiated to re-integrate the metropolitan areas so that better use is made of our assets. This will ensure that all people in the metropolitan areas enjoy better access to the activities and resources they need. Activity corridor development is such a process. The primary goal of this study is to see in which context the development of activity corridors should be applied to guide urban growth and to accommodate development. This study concludes that the development of activity corridors to form an integrated network of activity spines in the metropolitan areas is the best alternative to achieve the goals set out by the RDP to address previous imbalances and to change the physical pattern of where people live, work and shop and their proximity to essential public facilities. With corridor development, the increased densities can be achieved which could not previously be successfully facilitated with dispersed development. Public transport plays a fundamental role in the success of activity corridor development, and the importance of a fully integrated transport infrastructure in the design of activity streets is highly underestimated. Activity corridor development will not be an instant solution for an area's problems, but it will provide a vision for future development of the area.